Little Ginger Cakes

If you are ginger fan like me - you'll love these little cakes with chunks of ginger in them. Ice with lemon icing if you wish.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Yields: 12 little cakes

Ingredients

• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 1  teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1  cup sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1⁄2 cup golden syrup or 1⁄2 cup honey
• 125  g butter, melted
• 3⁄4 cup boiling water
• 2  tablespoons crystallized ginger or 2  tablespoons candied ginger, minced

Directions

1. Sift flour, baking powder, ginger, and cinnamon together into a bowl.
2. Stir in sugar.
3. Beat eggs.
4. golden syrup and butter together in a seperate bowl.
5. Blend into dry ingredients.
6. Stir through water and ginger.
7. Spoon mixture in to greased and paper lined cupcake tins or muffin cups.
8. Bake in a moderate oven for 20- 25 minutes or until cakes are golden and a skewer comes out clean and dry.
9. Allow to cool in tins for 5 minutes, turn onto wire rack to cool further.
10. Spead cakes with lemon icing if desired when completely cooled.